{"product_id":"parafilm-for-sealing-agar-plates-after-inoculation","title":"Parafilm - for sealing agar plates after inoculation","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is another one that I found curious when I started growing mushrooms. By this point, I wasn’t using agar myself (that would come later), so in my head when I read that you’d need to seal your agar plates, I thought “fuck it I’ll seal them with sellotape or micropore tape”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurns out that’s not the best idea; the sticky part of the sellotape or micropore tape has a chance of getting contaminants adhered to it (watch the sunlight shine through your room and see all those contaminant-harbouring dust particles floating around even when it’s clean), so that’s already less good. It’s also a pain in the ass messing with rolls of sticky tape when you’re in front of a flowhood and you’re wearing gloves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then obviously the train of thought pulled into For Fuck’s Sake station and I realised that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomeone had already invented and perfected a specific kind of sealing tape for agar plates for these exact reasons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf the idea of using agar plates is new to you, Parafilm is like a cross between clingfilm and sellotape. It’ll stretch to 200% of it’s original length, and instead of being sticky it adheres to itself. This means you can put a bit on your agar plate, stretch it round, and seal the whole thing. It’s air-permeable so your growing mycelium can breathe, but it won’t let anything else in. If you’re using \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/collections\/agar-gellan-dry-mixes-and-additives\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eagar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to up your mushroom growing game, you want to be using Parafilm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe no longer cut Parafilm into individual pieces, your order will arrive as a long strip for you to cut to measure. This increases the shelf life of the product and helps prevent drying\/cracking. The strips are sold in amounts that correspond to the amount of agar plates they’ll seal, so 25 will do 25 plates etc etc. You can figure out the other numbers I’m sure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsage:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2MoKaSS0GE\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MycoPunks","offers":[{"title":"25","offer_id":39825708581055,"sku":"PARACUT25","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50","offer_id":39825708613823,"sku":"PARACUT50","price":9.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":39825708646591,"sku":"PARACUT100","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0542\/6721\/6063\/files\/IMG-1410.jpg?v=1741388827","url":"https:\/\/mycopunks.com\/fi\/products\/parafilm-for-sealing-agar-plates-after-inoculation","provider":"MycoPunks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}